Vulnerability CVE-2022-2434
Published: 2022-09-06

Description:
The String Locator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted input via the 'string-locator-path' parameter in versions up to, and including 2.5.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated users to call files using a PHAR wrapper, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link, that will deserialize and call arbitrary PHP Objects that can be used to perform a variety of malicious actions granted a POP chain is also present. It also requires that the attacker is successful in uploading a file with the serialized payload.

Type:

CWE-352

 (Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF))

 References:
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2434
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2759486%40string-locator&new=2759486%40string-locator&sfp_email=&sfph_mail
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/string-locator/trunk/editor.php#L59
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